ELBING — The host Berean Academy Warrior girls opened play in the Eli J. Walter Invitational with a 48-14 win over Stafford in quarterfinal play Monday in Elbing. Berean led 20-2 after the first quarter and 35-6 at the half. Wynette Sommerfeld led Berean with 10 points. Xannie Quiring added eight points. Berean, 10-1, advances to the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Thursday against Goessel.

ELBING — The Burrton Charger girls opened play in the Eli J. Walter Invitational with a 56-18 loss to Wichita Trinity Academy Tuesday in Elbing. Burrton trailed 11-5 after the first quarter and 31-19 at the half. Shiloh Miller scored 14 points for Trinity Academy, 7-5. Burrton was led by Taylor Gottscahlk with six points. Burrton is 2-8 and plays Hutchinson Central Christian at 6 p.m. Thursday in the consolation semifinals.

LOST SPRINGS — The Peabody-Burns Warrior boys fell to Solomon 61-58 Saturday in the Centre Invitational in rural Lost Springs. Solomon led 23-22 at the half and 43-37 after three quarters. Solomon was led by Josh Burdine with 30 points. James Villalpando added 11 points. Peabody-Burns was led by Christian Gard with 14 points, followed by Austin Savage with 11. Hunter Pickens had 12 rebounds. Solomon finishes 2-1 in the tourney. Peabody-Burns finished 1-2. Solomon improves to 10-3. Peabody-Burns falls to 7-5 and plays Jan. 29 at Elyria Christian.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Hesston College men’s basketball team edged Union College (Neb.) 99-96 Saturday night in overtime in Lincoln. Hesston led 44-29 at the half and led by as many as 17 early in the second half. Union hit a 3-pointer with six seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game. Hesston was led by Mahlon Jones and Pierre Zook with 30 points each. Alex Santiago and Tra Smoot added 12 points each. For Union, 6-12, Ben Vasconcellos scored 27 points, followed by Teddy Griffin with 20, Chavez Morris with 19, Kyle Carlson with 13 and Sam Adams with 10. Carlson had 10 rebounds. Hesston is 13-5 and plays at 7:30 p.m. today at Johnson County Community College.

COLUMBUS, Neb. — The Hesston College women’s basketball team ended a weekend trip to Nebraska with a 63-56 loss to Central (Neb.) Community College Sunday in Columbus. Hesston led 32-23 at the half, but shot just eight of 41 in the second half to get outscored 40-24. Hesston was outscored 28-5 from the free throw line, 18-3 in the second half. Central, 7-10, was led by Eleishia Bibbs with 14 points and 15 rebounds. Maria Glidden added 12 points and 11 rebounds. Sophia Yarger added 12 points. Hesston was led by Bryana Young and Destiva Davis with 12 points each. Makayla Ladwig had 12 rebounds. Hesston is 8-9 and plays at 5:30 p.m. today at Johnson County Community College.